Henry Steck
Henry Steck, Political Science Department, gave the keynote lecture for the Constitution Day celebration at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. The title of his lecture was “How James Madison & Federalist #10 & #51 Helps Me Think About 21st Century America.”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, political science, has been invited to serve as an advisor for the gun violence journalism project of the Center on Media, Crime and Justice of the John Jay College School of Criminal Justice. The purpose of the project is to encourage and develop new investigative and analytical journalism on gun violence in America.
Tim Donovan
Tim Donovan, Youth Sports Institute, was quoted in an article in The New York Times that promoted Sandlot Day 2010, a concept developed by the institute. The story, titled “On Sandlot Day, Children Call Their Own Shots,” was written by Mark Hyman and ran in the baseball section on March 26.
Robert Ponterio
Robert Ponterio, international communications and culture, presented a session at the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) annual conference held Oct. 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. The presentation, titled "French Culture through Online Authentic Materials," showed techniques for using various kinds of online materials, such as public service videos for children about the H1N1 virus and social media networks like YouTube, to teach French language in a strong cultural context. The keynote speaker at the conference was Terry Caccavale, SUNY Cortland Distinguished Alumna who is now a top specialist in early childhood language instruction.
Emmanuel Nelson
Emmanuel Nelson, English, is the editor of the recently published two-volume Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States, featuring more than 400 entries on individual authors, topics and texts. In addition to editing the encyclopedia, Nelson contributed 11 of its entries.
Joy Hendrick
Joy Hendrick, Kinesiology Department, presented a paper titled “Influence of Participant Response Strategies on Effects of Secondary Tasks” at the annual American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) conference on March 18 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Charles Heasley and Jeremiah Donovan
Charles Heasley and Jeremiah Donovan, Art and Art History Department, were invited to exhibit their artwork in Jingdezhen, China, as part of the 2010 West Meets East Invitational Exhibition. This international exhibition included four SUNY Cortland students, Christine Brown, Leah Fries, Carolyn Furlong, and Xena Holzapfel, as well as regional students from Jingdezhen and professional artists from Shanghai and Beijing. Photographs of the exhibited work were included in a catalog produced for the exhibition, which opened June 10 at the Jingdezhen International Ceramic Museum.
Kevin Heisey, David Snyder and Taerin Chung
Kevin Heisey and David Snyder, Sport Management Department, and Taerin Chung, M.S. '10, a former graduate student in the Sport Management Program, presented “The Effect of Foreign Players on Attendance in the Korean Professional Baseball League” at the 2nd European Conference in Sports Economics held Oct. 5-6 at the German Sport University Cologne in Cologne, Germany.
David J. Barclay
David J. Barclay, Geology Department, had his paper accepted for presentation at the 2010 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, being held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Denver Colorado. Barclay will present “High-Resolution Valley Glacier Records from Southern Alaska for the First Millennium A.D. Ice Advance and Subsequent Medieval Warm Period.” More than 6,000 scientists are expected to attend the annual meeting.
Denise D. Knight
Denise D. Knight, English Department, has signed a contract with Syracuse University Press for publication of In This Our World and Uncollected Poetry of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, co-edited with Distinguished Professor Gary Scharnhorst of the University of New Mexico.